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Our Founder and Executive Director tells a story of encountering a rattlesnake while on a trek in Lech-Lecha's early days. He shares that each of the three trekkers on that trip reacted differently.

Today, on Tisha B'Av, we also have three options of how to react to what is in front of us.

Lech-Lecha Journeys
www.explorelechlecha.org
Journey-Powered Judaism
Our Mission
Lech-Lecha לך-לך facilitates empowering outdoor adventures and communal journeys that catalyze personal development and spiritual growth, connection with the wonder of Hashem’s creation, meaningful interpersonal relationships, and joyful community deeply rooted in Torah and a holistic approach to Jewish life and practice. ​
Our Vision
Lech-Lecha לך-לך envisions a vibrant community of outdoor adventurers embarking on a Jewish future animated by our heritage and inspired by the ecological synergy of Hashem’s creation. We see an empowered generation courageously building lives and communities committed to growth and wholeness.

BREAKING OUT TO BREAK IN
The first step is back, out of our daily norms and routines, in order to access our inner vitality. Natural settings, forests and streams, allow us to release and realign. Beyond the city streets, we break out of the four walls in which our tradition is often encountered in order to discover the personal relationship and wisdom we hold within.

Ultimately, inner transformation effects our homes, our communities, and our societies. Lech-Lecha's adventures seek to inspire social change by renewing personal energy, creativity, and alignment.

MUTUAL EMPOWERMENT & PLURALISM
With 20-30 years under our belts, we each have skills and experiences to share. We gather as a team of seekers, each of us contributing to our communal growth and discovery, facilitating based on our skills and experiences.

In each of us bringing our personal practice, we inspire one another to shine greater vibrance into our individual journeys and relationships with our ancestral heritage. All adventures are Kosher and Shomer Shabbat, honoring individual practice and fully supporting observance of mitzvot.

We believe that every Jewish person can have and would benefit from having a deep connection to our tradition and our people. We believe that every Jewish person can live and would benefit from living an empowered and engaged Jewish journey of curiosity, discovery, learning, and practice. We seek to foster this connection and enliven this journey with love and openness.
Lech-Lecha also values creating a space that invites and respects traditional observance of Torah and Mitzvot. In addition to seeking to meet the needs of traditionally observant participants, we believe that there is a power and wonder to experiencing traditional Jewish observance especially as it comes to life in the wilderness, uniquely facilitating communal and spiritual connection.
Therefore, no matter who the participants are, all communal contexts of Lech-Lecha experiences formally observe Shabbat and Kashrut, offer time for traditional prayer, and cater programming to fall within halachic bounds, and individuals are invited - but never forced - to lean into the communal aspects of our trek.
The journey is the destination. In other words, we don't pressure for any particular outcome or enforce any personal practice – the Lech-Lecha experience aims to inspire, empower, & deepen each participant's own unique – and joyful! – Jewish journey. This is a big part of what Journey-Powered Judaism means. We hope to meet you on the trail!

CONNECTION
Our journey builds genuine and lasting connections. We journey with a small group of peers, 10-15 per adventure, and come out bonded on the other end. Our community is a supportive network of peers seeking to challenge one another to grow and embrace one another for who we are.

PEER LED & SMALL GROUP
We'll have facilitators at each retreat who will take a leadership role in organizing and designing our adventure. These retreats, though, are ours. We'll learn from and share with one another. Our facilitators will create a framework that supports our process as a group, weaving each of our contributions into a wholesome journey.
Each retreat will have between 8-15 participants.